Beneath history, memory and forgettingBeneath memory and forgetting, life.

The spectacle is at the same time the mirage of self in the mirror of things.

Man is this plural and collective unity in which the unity of destination and the differences of destinies are to be understood through each other.

But why think about that when all the golden lands ahead of you and all kinds of unforseen events wait lurking to surprise you and make you glad you're alive to see?

Fear is an insidious and deadly thing. It can warp judgment, freeze reflexes, breed mistakes. Worse, it's contagious.

If you are going to dream then dream big, why spend time dreaming small?

The key qualities all successful people share are drive, and belief in themselves.

My great objective as a parliamentarian was to dramatise the deficiencies and devise practical government programs to deal with them. It was a cause that went to the heart of our way of life.

I'm not interested in observed reality.

We try not to encourage demonstrations of his mastery of the gaseous arts.

Don't start something that you cannot finish.

I try to be thoughtful about spreading the wealth: young designers. Mixing things up is important to me.

There's good in everybody. Boost. Don't knock.